Clipping found in Newsday published in New York, New York on 7/6/1990. Carnival of Souls

Clipping found in Fort Worth Star-Telegram published in Fort Worth, Texas on 5/12/1990. Carnival of Souls

The only survivor when a car plunges into a river, Mary Henry (Hilligoss) emerges on to a sandbank like a sodden sleepwalker. Shortly afterwards, en route to Ut

Clipping found in The Philadelphia Inquirer published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 11/10/1989. Carnival of Souls

Clipping found in The Independent published in London, Greater London, England on 8/26/1990. Carnival of Souls

Clipping found in Arizona Republic published in Phoenix, Arizona on 9/22/1989. Carnival of Souls

Occasionally a feature film emerges from the midwest, although this is the first ever out of Lawrence, Kans, where a group of commercial film pros veered off into a try at producing theatrical entertainment.

"Carnival of Souls" is an odd, obscure horror film that was made on a low budget in 1962 in Lawrence, Kan., and still has an intriguing power. Like a lost episode from "Twilight Zone," it places the supernatural right in the middle of everyday life and surrounds it with ordinary people. The movie is being revived in art houses around the country for Halloween, and it's possible that it plays better today than when it was released. It ventures to the edge of camp, but never strays across the line, taking itself with an eerie seriousness.

Clipping found in The Boston Globe published in Boston, Massachusetts on 9/16/1989. Carnival of Souls

Clipping found in The Daily Telegraph published in London, Greater London, England on 8/23/1990. Carnival of Souls

Clipping found in Detroit Free Press published in Detroit, Michigan on 5/5/1989. Carnival of Souls

Richard Brody recommends ten of his favorite horror films that evoke through far-reaching imagination rather than blood and guts, the emotions of fear, dread, foreboding, and a sense of the uncanny.